What eats prickly pear cacti?

2015-07-20 19:58:44

2015-07-20 19:58:44

All or most types of Galápagos Finches do.

When I was in Morocco at a souk (or market) a vendor was selling
Prickly Pear fruit which he had piled in a pannier carried by a
donkey. When we asked to buy he used a pocket knife to peel the
spiny skins off the fruit. The flesh was juicy and sweet and a bit
pippy. So to answer your question: people eat Prickly pear
cacti.

Javalina, deer, rabbits and others munch on cacti. Various
birds eat the fruit of the saguaro and prickly pear.
Javalina, deers, rabbits and humans eat cacti. Various birds
eat the fruit of the saguaro and prickly pear. Insects and small
animals pollinates the cacti sometimes.